After 10 long years, Coley returns home for a reunion with his mother, Lorna Lee, and his first true love-- his brother, James. Both are astonished to learn he's still alive, and as they come to terms with events-- past and present, Coley's influence begins to take hold on all around him, including his mother's art class, her maid, gardener, pool boy, and others. We slowly learn the details of why Coley left home, what happened to him, and his late father. Before leaving town, Coley puts on a show at a local bar frequented by gays, and saves James from a crowd of gay-bashers. He encourages James to be a free spirit like he is, and assures him that nothing will ever come between them again.